April - 2012 - Concentrated on updating some of our
partial burials on many of the cemeteries in Berrien County.
March
2012
Have you looked at all the wonderful family photos later. More
great photos have been added along with additional Family biograhies.
Donated locations of some family burials were also noted in their proper
cemeteries.
One of the fascinating biographies we added in March was
that of Evart Leo Gonder.
May 2012 Events:
To Fellow Veterans,
On Friday, May 18, the Park Rapids American Legion Post 212 is honoring
Lloyd Cortez Hawks, Medal of Honor recipient, who is buried at the Greenwood
Cemetery in Park Rapids, MN. Lloyd is also the recipient of the Italian Medal
of Valor, the Silver Star with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star with 1 Oak
Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters plus many other
military medals and ribbons. The Medal of Honor was given to him on January 15,
1945 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for heroism in battle on January
30, 1944 near Carano, Italy.
We will be having a dedication
ceremony at his gravesite, unveiling a beautiful monument with a picture of
Lloyd wearing his Medal of Honor, a listing of his Medals, and on the reverse
side, the inscription of how he earned the Medal of Honor.
For
all information, contact: Dave Anderson – Post 212 Historian PO Box 505
Park Rapids, MN 56470 Phone – (218) 732-4273 Email - lefty1933@gmail.com
The dedication ceremony will start at 2:30 pm at Greenwood Cemetery and then
convene to the Amercian Legion Club to complete the dedication. At 4:30 pm, we
will be serving a dinner as a fundraiser to pay for the monument and other
expenses. We are asking a donation of $10.00 for the dinner. All other
donations would be greatly appreciated.
Webmaster note: Although Lloyd was
born in Minnesota, where his father had gone for work, upon his fathers death
in 1914, the family returned to Watervliet, Michigan where he would where he
would spend his formative years and interact with many of his Hawks family
ancestors. He later returned to Minnesota in his adult years and enlisted there
for the military.
Previous Updates -
 - On
going - we are slowly but surely adding to the burials of Crystal Springs as
well as other Cemeteries.
Sharing: If you haven't shared
your family information with us, we'd love to have it. And keep checking out
our search engine from time to time to see if one of your ancestors is on our
site. Help us fill in some of the histories on them or even the area you grew
up in. We continue to build our data for today's viewers and also generations
to come. |
List of
things needed for the site.
| Item |
Date
Limits |
Added comments
(Sources should always be noted when known) |
| Biographies Ancestors of Berrien County |
Up to 1975 |
Please no gedcoms
& no DOB's for any
living individual |
| Cemetery information |
no time limit |
Individual or cemetery listings of
burials |
| County Scenery and Building photographs |
no time limit |
Old and new county photos welcome |
| Death Dates |
no time limit |
Person should have once lived in Berrien
County |
| Family photographs |
Up to 1950 |
Individual or group photos are great! |
| Family Records |
up to 1950 |
Bible, Journals, Letters, Notes |
| Houses of Worship |
no time limit |
Photos and/or information on some of the
histories of same |
| Obituaries |
Up to 1975 |
Please include cemetery buried in, if not
stated in obituary and if you know burial location |
| Old news paper clippings (typed) |
up to 1950 |
For our Family and County tidbit pages. |
| Schools |
up to 1950 |
School photos and/or class rosters
and
photos of old schools |
| Veteran Information |
no time limit |
Let's salute our Veterans and their final
resting places.
Send your Veterans name and place laid to rest. |
Have something news worthy, contact us at: mailto:berrienmigenweb@yahoo.com
New stories added to the Old Time News and Stories:
Check out our link at: http://berrien.migenweb.net/news.htm
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